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CAPE MAY HERALD

Lewi* T. Stcvkns, Propricton. Warrin C Ncal. Manaocr. AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY.

Publlsbrd Every ThuredRy Morning at S06 W ashington Street, Cape May, N. J.

THB HERALD, CAPE HAY, N. J. Entered at the pout office at Cape May. N. J., as second-class mail Shatter. March It.

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THURSDAY. MARCH-17. 1904. 4>. to Coiiiii,unlcatfons. To receive aH'-utioo nll communications aifdresseit to the Hkkalji most bear the name of tlic writer or otherwise they will K" unnoticed. The editor will be ^ileaaed and U p.-iriiculArly. desirous to receive news notes from every section of the tv. but will positively refuse to accept the same if the signature o' the writer is attached. Name will not be published when so requested. Any person who would liLr to represent this paper,in their trk-t are y-queslwl to communicate with this office and full particulars will be furnished with pleasure. Experience

Not an AtMard Proposition. The Atlantic City “Press” one day last week (rave ai very good illustration of absurd inconsistency in an editorial article entitled ‘.Cape May’s Example, 1 which is reprinted in this week’sHxxAU,, in which reference was made to the hearing g^ven in Washington, several days ^reviont# by the House Committee Rivers and Harbors to those Interested in The Cape May harbor enterprise. The ‘Trewf' - says: “It was an interesting story" that the pewspapers told of the bearing. / The "Press” says: “The ‘Press' tends its sincere congratulations to Cape May and felicitates it oh its new found energy and aggressiveness. She has learned the lesson that the only way to -get-snything is to go after it.” Now that sounds very nice, coming from onr Atlantic City contemporary, but it is all spoiled in the next sentence of the article from which, we have just quoted.^ The “Press” goes on to say. “That uic proposition of creating'a hyrbor of refuge at Cape May, almost within ritle shot of the Delaware Breakwater, one of the best harbors in the world, almost ut»u{d as a public measure, has nothing to do with the case.” ' Indeed! Whence does the "Press’ derive its ability to pronounce judgment in this matte.-? Sorely, not from its knowledge of the matter. The proposition is not absord but the "Press' shows absurd inconsistency in praising the aggressiveness of Cape May for “going after” what it wants and then saying that in this instance what this dty is going after is an absurd proposition. Oh, no./ The citizens of Cape May are not making any absurd propositions in this harbor matter. They kriow.that the harbor is very much needed at this point of the coast, that the very best engineers have pronounced the project entirely, feasible, and that tn view of the fact that the Cape May harbor is intended for public use, although being dredged at enormone expense to private individuals, itvis entirely right and proper that the government should provide an entrance from the sea to this inland harbor in order that it may become accessible to vessels ■ - draught end that can find absolutely safe anchorage here d tiring severest

storms.

■Surely, it is notsn absurd proposition to provide means for the saving of human lives and valuable property. And 1 that is the proposition involved in the Cape May harbor work. Dare the "Press*' affirm that provision for saying human lives and property is an absord ^ proposition? We know that Atlantic City every summer spends considerable money for life guards to patrol its beach for the purpose of saving the livi » jMthcrs. That is commendable, and not *an absord proposition. We have at Cape May an entirely safe beach, and therefore, are not reo aired to spend very much money for life saving purposes. Sow we propose to meet an existing need and provide a harbor wherein vessels may secure assured safety. And, as the "Press” says, we are going tp have this harbor by g.dng after it, not waiting' for others to give H to os. The truly says ihat “Atlantic City has dlscpaved s similar project, in a desultorv ^*t of way, for many years." Yea, bat merc^discoastoni do n't boOd harbors, or anything else. The fact of tha matter ia, probably, that the attitude of onr Atlantic City contemporary is explained along the line of jealousy. Bat that is

u see good work betag done by your neighbors give proper cqpbt and yon will thereby encourage good work at home. Perhaps onr advice is not dssirrd, hot wo.caa't help giving it

SENATOR DRYDKN'S REMARKS. His Views of Being Too Cheap oh the l,a bor Question. In the Dnitsd States Senate on Monday Senator John F. Dryden of this BUM deprecated the idea of trying to be mean with talent needed by tbs Government. Tbs question at tisne was the fees paid to architects of Government buildings. He

said:

" I know from practical experience (and Ihavs dealt with the largest and most importsDt aicbiteete in this country) that jo great arebltect will take a fee of leas than 5 per asm That Is fixed, • • by the American Institute of Architects, and they are bouud by that rate and will not acceptvtily lias commission. “it has tieen said: ‘Why the fee upon ibis buililiug would amount to IIM.OOO.' Why) Because of the mormons structaretbe magnitude ■>( the undertaking. Bat 1135,000 is no temptation to an architect wbo baa got to do 1300,000 worth of work. "My conteotlon about the fi e of the architect is that the most wasteful, the most extravagant thing that can be done in nection with erecting a great bnildlng of this kind I* to employ a cheap architect. Every man wbo has bad experience knows that an architect with an organization sklllfnl In drawlng plans, skillful In preparing specifications, skillful In laying tbi project before the contractors for bids, cat make a vast difference in the result as to the cost. ■*' I say here now that as letwe architect, wbo does not know how to draw his specifications properly, and a sklllfnl and experienced architect, who does know how do that Thing, If you were to put this structure out to coutraetore for bids, the difference wonld amount to probably more than a million dollars. “Evqry man who has hod much experience knows that it Is of the first import, ance that the architect shonld know how to draw his sped fleatioas: and having drawn his specifications and the construcUoR of the bnilding baring been gotten under wag. it if next of the first importance 'bat his drawings should be perfected so that when bis iron beams, steel colam us, etc., come to the gnmnd to be pat into place they will fit in their places. Now, a young. Inexperienced, incompetent architect, wbo woold take this job gladly tor 2){ per cent., or 2 per cent., or l)*' per omL, can not do that. He has not tbe facilities, be has not tbe organization, he has not the experience. j In my opinion tbe place to begin to economize is not with the arebltect. Von want tbe best possible talent that yon can get for that purpose, and to get it you must pay tbe fixed scale—5 per cent. “ I should like, if it is in order, to propose au amendment to tbe amendment, shonld like to see it amended so as to provide that tbe fee to the architect shonld ixoeed 5 per com. Some of our friends here think we can get tbe great architects to do this at a leas fee. Private individuals not do it, and 1 think that they look after business with as much care at least tbe Government. ‘ Now, let us eee if we can get the great archltecle of the country to lend their talent to this' wbrk I think the provisions of the law, si"read by tbe Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. Gollinger], are wise In that they provide for competition by .not less thao than five architects to be lected. Tboee architects sbouTd be paid for their preliminary plans or proposed plans, so as to make an indneement for them to enter tbe competition. The comparatively small sams . hat the Government will pay forthearchitecte'feeslsnot to be thought of or talked about at all, in my judgment.”

Our Church Directory,

Aasoafi Tbs Worshipper* of Tb* Different Dcoonilaatlons. PRXHBYTXKIAX chcbcu. Rev. Arthur W. Spooner, fi. D., noting Pastor. Praise service in the lecture room ever}' Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock. Morning service at 10 80. Evening eervloe at 7-80. Mid-week prayer meeting at 7.80. Junior Endeavor Friday afternoon at 4. o'clock. Senior Endeavor Friday evening at 7.80. Sunday-school at 9.80. All are cordially Invited. Seats Free. KIllsT M. X. CHVBCn. Ke.v. 8. F. Gaaklll, D. D., Pastor. Preaching on Sunday morning at 10.80, In the evening at 7.45. Meetings at 0 a. m. and 0.80 p. a. Sundays. Sunday School at 8 r. u. Epwortb League Monday evening at 8 o’clock. Mid-week prayer service Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock. Class meetings, Tuesdsy, Thursday and Friday evenings. BAPTIST CIIUUCH. Rev. George Williams, Pastor. Preaching on Sunday morning at 10. In the rvnning at 8.00. Sunday muniiug Workers Meeting at 10.00 a. M. - Sunday School at 8.00 p. m. Wednesday evening Prayer Meeting 8 o'clock. Young People's Meeting Friday evening at 6 o’clock. Men’s Meeting Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. StmABT’B B. C. Cln’BCH. Hours of divine service on Sundays, Mantes at 7 and 0 a. m. Sunday School at 2.30 p. m. Rosarv, sermon and benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament at 7.80 p x. All aro invited to attend the Sunday evening instructions at 7.80

WORK GOING SLOWLY. I m pro vein e 1.1* on Beach Front and Sewers Practically at Standstill. Messrs. Deitrict A Bowser and Curtis Sc Church bare aot been doing much work of late on city contracts, probably ot

count of tbe weather.

When the contracts were let by pabllc competition, these mfn were awarded the sections of work, under condition that they be completed In certain periods. The tlms has expired, and according to tbe term* of the contract they are under forfeitures for delay In finishing their work. To ths ordinary citizen Messrs. Deltrich Sc Bowser have ' been exceedingly slow, and did not apparently take advantage of the splendid weather of loot summer to do tbe greater portion o? this work. On tb* other hand Curtis St Church did complete work on the Delaware Bay end of tbe sewerage system ahead of time and itltlod to a premium. Bat is their contract in connecting a newer on Colombia and Madison avenues, they bsve met ’ attsurmonutoble obstacles, and bav* worked almost la superhuman way* to try to finish their work OR time. They

SATIS TO ST. L07IS WOILB'8 7AH. Ticket* to b* Sold at very lor rata* tU Fessaylvania Railroad. For the Louisiana Porchoee Exposition to be beid at St. Louis, Mo., from April 80 to December 1, lilOi, several forms of excursion tickets to St. Louis will be placed on sole by tbe Pennsylvania Railroad April 95, u follows:— Season tickets, good to return until December 15, 11KM. to be sold daily at rate ot $39.90 from Cape May. Sixty-day excursion tickets, final limit not later than December 15, 1004, to be sold daily at rate of $39.70 from Cape

May.

Fifteen-day excursion tickets to be^ildat rate of $90.50 from Cape May. Tickets of tbe forms named above will be sold from other stations on the Pennsylvania Railroad at proportionate

stee.

Ten-day special coach oxenrsioa tickets will be sold on'Mny 10, and on other dates be announced Inter, good going only on special coach 1 rains, or in coaches on deeignated trains, and good returning in coaches or regular trains, at rate of $30.00 from New York, 118.50 from Philadelphia, and proportionate rates, approximating one cent per mile from other points Excnndon tickets by variable routes. Season tickets and sixty-day excursion tickets will be sold via variable routes; that Is, going by one direct route and returning via another direct roate. Variable route tickets wlli be sold applying tluoagh Chicago in one direction at the same rates as apply for season and sixty day excursion tickets to St. lamia, going and returning via tbe direct rontes. On all one-way sad round-trip tickets, reading to points beyond St. Lonla, astopovir of ten days will be permitted at St. Louis on payment of a fee of $1.00 and deposit of ticket.

Bat council, os the conservative buslses man sees It, eon not be expected grant one doatractor aa extension of Hi without doing the some by tbe other, sod might aver, the contractor with ths good intention may have to suffer because the other has not poshed their work

' by tb* ordi-

If may other person complete* the Deitrich Sc Bowser contract, the loss should out of the contract firm on its

GO TO .. J. D. CRAIG’S.. 108 Jackson St. Cape May toqk ?our ©hoes Repaired You will find a first class Shoe Maker, and Tie wil do youk work Satisfactorily, as nothing but the very best of Leather is used.

lb F> On ttir Ta Gu It bsii Ft On !si fr hnl loU ” .TZ”’ WB ALSO INSURE AGAINST SICKNESS OF ANY KIND.

Shewing Machines And Organs Sold on Instalments i ALL KINDS OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS TUNED AND BKFAIEED. I STRINGS FOE VIOLINS, BANJOS AND GUITARS ON BAND. j J. D. Craig, 108 Jackson Street

FLOUR

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4* GRAINS Received Fresh from the Mill every week.

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Field Seeds of the Best Quality.

.202 Perry Street..

Isaac H. Smith, -CLOTHIER AND FURNISHER-

Opposite Reading Depot. 608 WASHINGTON ST.. CAPE MAY. N. J

A FULL LINE OF TRUNKS Constantly, on Hand . .

iEASTER OPENING!

with a Complete line of Seasonable Goods, all New and carefully selected from the best houses. Prompt attention giveu to all orders. Now is the time to have Spring Suit* Repaired and

424 WASHINGTON STREET. F*A la/ge selection of Ladies’ and Men’s Cloth sold by tbe yard.

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ms mb at aim rasr SHAT uotnsxov. Via Ptmuylraala BaOreat, May 10. The Looiaiena Purchase Exposition will open at St Louis April 30, and wil be in perfect condition on that date Tbe Pennsylvania Railroad Company wil! ran the first low-rate coach excoraion from tbe East to the World’s Fair on May 10, affording residents of the Eastern section an opportunity to see the great Exposition in all tne glory of its pristine freshness. Tickets will be sold from all principal stations on the Pennsylvania Railroad System. The fare from New York will be $20; from Philadelphia, $18.60, with proportionate rates, approximatig one cent par mile, from other points. These tickets will be good going only on special coach trains to be run on May 10, and retunrng coaches of regular trains leaving St. * not later than May U.

Just received a lane jnvoice f which you can aeieet. The prime n from 64 cents to 80 cents a pises. A. C. Qua,

OFFICERS:

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CAPE MAY CITY, g. J.

~ DIRECTORSi

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ag three per east, iah Bankers moos* ot exchange payable In a

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THE HOttESTEAB Cast Corner Washington and Jackson Sts.

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Tim CATB I* thoroughly up-to-date in ell appoint meats. Handsomely appointed par km

for ladies.

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FURNITURE AND MATTRESSKS

\y *ST JU8EY* SZASEOSZ&AXL&OAS WrkCT OCTOBBk 6. II vill leave Cape Msy as I PHILADELPHIA: " —ACCOMMODATIO-. principal statiuns. Arrives Phi! sdelphis st 9-43 A M w oQ A.M.—KXFKKbS. Connect* from • Anglesea Branch, Ocean City, See Isle City. Arrive* at Philadelphia- ‘ 9.23 a tn ■ICC* M—ACCOMMODATION. ConO’SO nects from Anglesea Branch. Ocean

>!eCUy. Arrivesot Philadelphia 6 53 P M. FROM PHILADELPHIA. Trains leave for Cape Mu; — Express, M. jo ... M and 4oS P. M wcek-tn.*«. Accommodation. 3 M. Sundu), express, 9.00a tn. Accommodation. 8 00 a. in Trains leave Philaiikij-hia, Broad Street Station for NEW YORK. March 9. 1904. Express, weekuav., 4 .V, 4 40. 5 00, 5 18, 5 5». 7-00, 7 33. 8 », 903. 950,1021, m oo * "'»•* a Lr~ . *5 «*. *5 96 6 00. Vr.jn., 12 02. night,SCN. BAV*. 4 38. 4 4«. 5 00.5 18, 8 25. 9 50 10.50 A. M-, •12x5. *230. 352. (Penns*. Limited). 354 (New York Limitedq 400. *52j, *5 96. 6 26.7 02. *8 00. i.,.*. p. M.,i202mghtProm West Phtladwphia only, 245 A. M. and *12 33 P >1 dai!}. iu.:4 A M Sundays. Prom North Philadelphia only, 12 28 P M daily (Manhattan Limited). WASHINGTON AND THE SOUTH. .For Baltimore and Washington. *635, 7.20. 8 32. 10 ao, 11 23. A. M.. *12 36, *i jo. 320, 446, 525. 618, 11 28. PM. and 1209 night, weekdays- Sundays, *6. 35, 7 20, 9 12, tl 23. A M., *1 ao. 3 20. 4 46, 5 25. 11 aB P. M. 12 09 night. For Baltimore accommodation, 9 tj A. M. 2.0^ and 4.01 P. M. weekdays, 5.07. P. M. From West Philadelphia only, 335 and •11 55 A. M., (*5 33 "Congressional Limited,”) *5.55. •6.50, •7.j5, p M . daily. For St. Augustine, Florida, through Pullman traina, 3-11 and 4.38 p. m. -eek-days, 3.25 p. m. daily. •DiningCar. W. W. ATTERBURY, J. R. WOOD. Gen’l Manager. Pass'r Traffic Manage! GEO. W. BOYD. General Passenger Agent

Week Days - A.M. phis 9.10 a

A. M. — Accommodation. Arrive Pbi-

6^0-

Trmlns leave Philadelphia for Cape May:

Week Deys —

S 45 A M. — Express. Arrive Cape May fi 4 r A. M. — Accommodation. Arrive

Cape May :t.05.

4 t r P. M. — Express, Arrives Cape May

3 5A5-

S 00 P. a.—Accommodation. Arrive Cape

* May 7^9

Express, arrive Cape May

8*45

10.58.

A T. Dick, Gen’l Supt. Ed son J. Weeks. Gen’l Pass'r Agent

DON'T GET STOCK. You can easily get stuck without going near anything in the shape of mnd. Yon can avoid mud, and yon can avoid-being stuck. To be stuck in a purchase is to be victimized. You can’t ge» «tuck when you Buv.Yonr Barrets of Us. W. A. LOVETT -

You like the

. We its going to show this Spring There’s so mnehbeantv and grace in the styles. Tbev are each reasonable and sensible combinations of ribbons, laces, strews etc. The general effect is rLossixu.

OWoisiadeorer. Hue cits np-io-datiL OurUnejrUl be resdy for inspection march aeth.

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